Resound 11, Prompt 8: Catchphrase

#resound11 Prompt 08: Catch Phrase

What’s your trademark phrase? Not sure? How about a quote or saying that you repeat often? Bonus points if it’s new for 2011, but we won’t be upset if it’s been around longer than that. Try to put it in context for us if it’s a little abstract.

There were moments throughout the past year where it seemed like things just weren’t going as well as they should, despite my best efforts. There was one on-going issue in particular that just dragged on and was frustrating and annoying and stressful, despite my best efforts at managing it. In reality, I didn’t have the power to create the change to resolve it. One day, my boss said, “If it seems like it’s not working out, it’s just because it hasn’t worked out YET.”

That use of yet was significant. I do believe that no matter what happens–and I acknowledge that there isn’t always a reason for something, at least not one that’s logical–everything ultimately gets resolved and there’s always something to be learned or acquired from it. So whenever I am struggling with something, I just tell myself “not yet.” It’s not a catchphrase I speak necessarily, but it’s my little mental mantra that I use often.

Yup… That’s Me

Post-Pregnancy Weight Loss

Books Read in 2011

Complete:
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
What to Expect When You're Expecting
How to Raise Your Second Child First
Room by Emma Donaghue
These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
The Accidental Mother by Rowan Coleman
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
Well-Being by Tom Rath and Jim Harter

In Progress:
Beyond Discipline by Peter Lake
What to Expect The First Year by Heidi Murkoff
The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp

On the shelf:
Hungry Monkey by Matthew Amster-Burton
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
The Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly